The Weekly of Business Aviation

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors.

With two major aerostructures businesses—Triumph Group’s and Bombardier’s—being shopped out for new owners, is there suddenly too much of the same “product” in the marketplace?

The FAA “cannot confirm the legality” of using tech designed to detect small UAS, the agency says in updated guidance sent to U.S. airports.

Collins Aerospace Systems has unveiled an upgraded, open-architecture autopilot system for unmanned aircraft systems.

In April, 71% of the U.S.-registered turbine-powered business aircraft fleet have reached compliancy with the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020 mandate for ADS-B equipage, according to a new report by FlightAware.

Airbus Helicopter’s CityAirbus urban air mobility demonstrator has made its milestone first hops into the air in Germany.

The Australian government has taken delivery of the first of three large-cabin Falcon 7X trijets from Dassault Aviation.

Guardian Flight, a global medical response company, has acquired Sunrise Air Ambulance and its four bases in Arizona.

The FAA predicts the active general aviation fleet will hold steady over the next 20 years with 211,800 aircraft in 2039, compared to 212,885 in 2018.

Bombardier has donated a CRJ200 aircraft to the Centennial College Aviation Program for training at a new campus in Downsview, Ontario.

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Shearwater Aero Capital is striving to raise up to $100 million to support its growth after turning in a record 2018, the company said.

C&L Aviation Services is scheduled to provide ADS-B upgrades to the JetSuiteX fleet of several dozen ERJ 135/145 aircraft.

Delta Private Jets has selected golf professional Greg Norman to be its brand ambassador for 2019.

Westjet Encore and its pilots on May 2 ratified their first-ever collective agreement, with 92% of eligible pilots voting for the contract.

Diamond Aircraft delivered the 400th Diamond DA40NG built in Austria as it celebrated the 20th anniversary of the aircraft prototype’s first flight.

PrivateFly has launched “City Pairs” pricing, providing fixed, discounted rates for destination pairings in Europe this summer on the Nextant 400XTi aircraft.

U-Haul International has taken delivery of the first of two Pilatus PC-24 jets.

Piper Aircraft has delivered 10 new Piper Archer TX single-engine trainers to Coast Flight Training, based in San Diego.

Jet Aviation has acquired a stake in the Scottsdale Jet Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Paul Dollman has been appointed a non-executive director of Air Partner.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-100-1A10 Challenger 300 airplanes.

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A shortage of pilots and mechanics is a “serious and immediate problem,” the Aviation Workforce Alliance warns.